search.cpan.org behaving strangly?

gabor on 2007-06-17T06:46:55

Net::Server shows version 0.46 while searching for Net::Server reveals that it has version 0.96 marked as unauthorized. Even though it is from the same author.


Not strange at all

Aristotle on 2007-06-17T11:24:52

This is by design.

If you look at the 0.96 version of the distro you’ll see that Net::Server::Multiplex is unauthorized. Search for Net::Server::Multiple and you’ll find that the one who has the permissions to that namespace is Rob Brown, who released the 0.87 version of the distro, not Paul Seamons, who released both 0.46 and 0.96. If you look at 0.87 you’ll see that Rob Brown made a largely unauthorised release – except for the addition of Net::Server::Multiplex, which didn’t exist in Paul Seamons’ prior releases.

So it’s all working as advertised. We’ll just have to learn to deal with the fact that search.cpan.org now actually agrees with CPAN.pm et al (which has always followed these stricter rules).

Re:Not strange at all

slanning on 2007-06-20T12:03:06

Just because something is "by design" doesn't mean it isn't strange.

And we don't have to just learn to deal with it.

search.cpan.org oddness

vek on 2007-06-19T18:08:37

Not in anyway related to your post about Net::Server but I also ran into a search.cpan.org oddity today.

Trying to find CGI is proving to be rather entertaining ;-)

Re:search.cpan.org oddness

gabor on 2007-06-19T22:20:38

Try this one

Re:search.cpan.org oddness

Aristotle on 2007-06-20T03:48:03

Almost exactly the same message subject, even.